Project Boussh: Prisoner Report
by Brad Corletti

Subject: 23498110 (Human, Female) "Quiara"

Subject 23498110 was recently transported to the _Admonitor_ from
Mendellia, Terra. Minimal intelligence was gained. Primary use to
Empire is as bait. Subject remains in detention centre, pending
further decision.

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Subject: 23498111 (Human, Female) "Dorset Konnair"

Subject 23498111 was placed under Stage 1 interrogation immediately
upon exiting medical facility. Subject resisted Stage 1 interrogation,
repeating only name, rank, and serial number. All questioning was
ignored completely. Vital signs indicated recognition to phrases "New
Republic" and "Rogue Squadron" but no response to "Major Defel", the
objective of the interrogation.

Upon review of records Captain Larommi ordered elevation to Stage 2
interrogation.

Subject 23498111 resisted narco-interrogation. This ability was later
discovered to be as a result of biomodification made during the
subject's adolesence. Subject's body eliminates all foreign drugs well
before they can take effect.

Captain Larommi ordered elevation to Stage 3 - physical interrogation.
Grand Admiral Thrawn immediately ordered interrogation cease upon
Major Defel's arrival.

Subject is now held in the detention centre, pending further decision.

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Brad watched the tactical display with rapt fascination. Holographic
imaging, recorded by troop sensors and relayed to the _Admonitor_'s
tactical computers, showed the battle unfolding below in a way any
terrestrial commander would happily sell his children into slavery
for.

As the X-wings darted around, he tried vainly to identify one X-wing
in particular. Unfortunately at the range he was observing it was
impossible to pick out Piggy's snubfighter.

Directing his attention to the ground, he noticed something unusual.

There were droids fighting down there. His droids. BLRs.

Each BLR replaced no less than three human crewmembers, as the droids
thought little of pulling continuous shifts, unlike human crewmembers
who expected to usually be pulling eight-hour shifts. And while they
lost out slightly due to the ridigity of programming, the proportions
were not yet high enough that this caused a problem.

"Droids as troops?" Brad asked. "But they're not suited for infantry
work." I designed them that way. While the technology itself limited
that to some extent, I did purposely overlook several key advances.

"That's true, in normal circumstances," Commander McEwok grinned. "At
the moment we are using them as decoys. Against an armed and ready
foe, they are useless. But when a world refuses to pay its rightful
duties to the Empire, we like to send down a few shuttles of BLRs.
They obey without question, much like stormtroopers. The locals can
cause only trivial damage to them. The droids cut down everything they
see. The worlds almost always pay up."

"Of course," Brad said carefully, keeping his face in check. The
mission, he reminded himself. The mission...